Failure to Comply: The Disconnect Between Design & Implementation in HRA’s WeCARE Program

March 2007 Researchers at Community Voices Heard, a membership organization of low-income individuals, mostly women with experience on public assistance conducted a study of New York City's Comprehensive Assessment, Rehabilitation and Employment (WeCARE) program for low-income people with disabilities. The WeCARE services are provided by two vendors: Brooklyn and Queens are served by Arbor Education and Training, a division of ResCare, a for-profit company. Manhattan and Staten Island are served by the non-profit organization Federation Employment and Guidance Service, known as F.E.G.S. Health and Human Services System. The researchers held discussions with . . .